Friday evening, May 23

Busy day today, but rain and chilly weather somewhat tempered the activities.  Marg and I elected to stay aboard the ship for the morning while many of the more hardy passengers took a canal boat ride through Strasbourg followed by a walking tour of the city.  

On the other hand, Mother Nature shined on us in the early afternoon, so we took a shuttle bus into Strasbourg for a private tour of the inner city.  The city buildings reminded me of Washington DC architecture which fashioned many of its own buildings after French architecture.  

The pictures are of people we met on board who we befriended and pretty much ate, drank, and toured together.  Sybil and John (both retired) from New York -- Sybil as a teacher and John as an engineer --have been together for 43 years and are very funny.  Paul and Lorin (also both retired) from Maryland were federal employees and have been together for 35 years.  Each of these individuals are very well traveled: Sybil and John have been on over 97 land and river cruises through the years.  Interesting folks.